After recording victories in the eighth round when he check-mated Thal Abergel of France, IM Jere failed to replicate the performance, only to fall prey to Grand Master (GM) Karpatchev Aleksandr of Russia.
The Zambian chess ace lost round nine of the games after meeting his match in the final round on Friday with the defeat seeing him move him into sixth position, on five points.
Jere shares points with Abergel and Aleksandr who are in fifth and seventh positions respectively.
The Zambian chess master has a record of nine matches, six wins, one draw and two defeats.
GM Tkachiev Vladislav of France tops the log on seven points, Egyptian GM Adly Ahmed is in second position on six and half points while GM Malakhatko Vadim of Belgium and Russia’s GM Papin Vasily settled for third and fourth position respectively on six and five and half points.
In the women’s category, Women International Master (WIM) Tembo was humiliated by Cecile Van der Merwe of South Africa in the ninth round match
Tembo, who was playing on board four, lost her guard to Merwe who saw the best of her to land herself 13thwith four points on the women’s rankings.
Meanwhile, Zambia’s Lorita Mwango ended her championship on a winning note beating Rosalina Sónia of the host nation to move into fifth position on five points.